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Sunday, January 13, 2013 0:41 PM (permalink)
Hi guys. I recently built a new computer with Vertex 4 as main drive with Windows 8. I want to add a secondary hard drive to put my "User" directory in. The secondary hard drive is a 1TB Caviar Black.
 
Windows boots great, but I can't seem to see the new hard drive in My Computer or Disk Manager. Though, I can see it fine in the BIOS, device manager, and Intel RapidStorage. When I first started Disk Manager, it did prompt me to Initialize it, which I did.
 
How do I go about doing this?

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    Re:Adding Secondary HDD in Windows 8? Sunday, January 13, 2013 4:04 AM (permalink)
    You have to format it. You can use the utility disc that came with the black to add it. (Data lifeguard). Can also download the latest from wd.com 

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    Re:Adding Secondary HDD in Windows 8? Sunday, January 13, 2013 5:59 AM (permalink)
    Thanks for the reply
     
    I downloaded Data Lifeguard Diagnostic from WD (http://support.wdc.com/pr...mp;sid=3&lang=en), and was wondering how to format it. (I don't have the disk because I bought it as an OEM.) Is it the "Write Zeros" option?

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    Re:Adding Secondary HDD in Windows 8? Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:18 PM (permalink)
     If the WD hard drive is not formatted you should see it listed in Disk Manager as Disk 2 or something like that. You should be able to R click on that disk and go through the "Create New Simple Volume" Wizard.

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